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This sense of "calling it" is relatively uncommon, especially for non-native English speakers to encounter. Although having it in quotes is good, some explanation should be added in parentheses. [[Special:Contributions/188.114.110.4|188.114.110.4]] 04:13, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
 
This sense of "calling it" is relatively uncommon, especially for non-native English speakers to encounter. Although having it in quotes is good, some explanation should be added in parentheses. [[Special:Contributions/188.114.110.4|188.114.110.4]] 04:13, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
 
:See [https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/550851/call-the-race-in-the-election English.stackexchange.com] [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 07:50, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
 
:See [https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/550851/call-the-race-in-the-election English.stackexchange.com] [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 07:50, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
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I remember an earlier comic,Cueball trying to incinerate an incinerator.(xkcd1821),and people tracking trackers(xkcd2376),Maybe there should be a "meta-usage" catogry?(e.g using an incinerator to incinerate another incinerator,using a tracker to track a tracker etc.) [[User:Xkcdjerry|Xkcdjerry]] ([[User talk:Xkcdjerry|talk]]) 13:34, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

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Could this also refer to sites that track whether one’s ballot has been counted? --172.68.132.239 03:31, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

This sense of "calling it" is relatively uncommon, especially for non-native English speakers to encounter. Although having it in quotes is good, some explanation should be added in parentheses. 188.114.110.4 04:13, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

See English.stackexchange.com Barmar (talk) 07:50, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

I remember an earlier comic,Cueball trying to incinerate an incinerator.(xkcd1821),and people tracking trackers(xkcd2376),Maybe there should be a "meta-usage" catogry?(e.g using an incinerator to incinerate another incinerator,using a tracker to track a tracker etc.) Xkcdjerry (talk) 13:34, 7 November 2020 (UTC)